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Boylston, Worcester, MA
Boylston was named after Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), a benefactor of the town. The fund he set up in 1797 finally accumulated $1,450, which was used to build the town hall and school building. wikipedia
Boylston includes: Mornigdale, Straw Hollow, and East Section.
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1705 - Boylston is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1786 - Boylston is incorporated
Prior to its incorporation, Boylston was known as the North Parish of Shrewsbury. It was named after Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828). -
1845 - BOYLSTON. [Pop. 797. Inc. 1786.]
Boylston was once a part of Shrewsbury, and was named after Zabdiel, Nicholas, and Ward Nicholas Boylston, three citizens of Brookline, distinguished ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Boylston
This town was included in the original grant of the township of Shrewsbury. It was made a parish by the legislature in 1742, and was called the north ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Boylston
Boylston, a post-township of Worcester county, Massachusetts, about 35 miles W. of Boston. Population, 918.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Boylston Massachusetts, 1890
Boylston is an agricultural town in the eastern part of Worcester County, about forty miles west of Boston, on the Central Massachusetts Railroad.... Read MORE...
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1895 - Boylston
Boylston, boilz'ton, a post-hamlet of Worcester co., Mass., in Boylston township, 12 miles N. by E. of Worcester. It has a church, a town hall, and a ... Read MORE...
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1916
Boylston, a post-village of Worcester co.f Mass., in Boylston township (town), 12 miles N. by E. of Worcester. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1364.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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